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    Aggregation of organically managed fields promotes aphid parasitism in cereal crops under Mediterranean conditions 

    Salat‑Moltó, Agnès; Blanco‑Moreno, José M.; Pérez Hidalgo, Nicolás; Michelena, José M.; Ferrer Suay, Mar; Guerrieri, Emilio; Caballero-López, Berta (2023-08-17)

    Context Maintaining a balance between semi-natural habitats and arable land is not always feasible for farmers. The promotion of biological control agents can be addressed through management at farm or field level, and/or ...

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    Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition 

    Karp, Daniel S.; Caballero-López, Berta (2018-08-02)

    The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win–win opportunity to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm. However, while noncrop habitat in landscapes ...

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    Ecological production functions for biological control services in agricultural landscapes 

    Jonsson, Mattias; Bommarco, Riccardo; Ekbom, Barbara; Smith, Henrik G.; Bengtsson, Jan; Caballero-López, Berta; Winqvist, Camilla; Olsson, Ola (2013-12-13)

    1. Research relating to ecosystem services has increased, partly because of drastic declines in biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. However, the mechanistic linkages between land use, biodiversity and service provision ...

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    Herbivores, saprovores and natural enemies respond differently to within-field plant characteristics of wheat fields 

    Caballero-López, Berta; Blanco-Moreno, José Manuel; Pujade-Villar, Juli; Ventura, Daniel; Sánchez-Espigares, JA; Sans i Serra, Xavier (2016-05-26)

    Understanding ecosystem functioning in a farmland context by considering the variety of ecological strategies employed by arthropods is a core challenge in ecology and conservation science. We adopted a functional approach ...